Active hours for automatic updates

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Windows will run automatic software updates periodically to ensure that your computer is up to date and free of security issues. Often, automatic updates require your computer to restart. Setting Active Hours will ensure that your computer will not try to restart at a time when you are usually active on the system.

- [Voiceover] Software updates are important…for adding vital security enhancements,…bug fixes, and additional new features.…You should expect Microsoft to continue to update Windows…and publish those updates to your computer…through Windows Update.…Of course, we can see the settings related to Windows Update…if we go into the Start menu, into Settings,…then to Update and Security,…and make sure we're on this first section, here,…labeled Windows Update.…Generally these updates will install automatically,…but you can always hit this button that says…Check for Updates to see if there's anything new.…

But since some updates require your computer to restart,…automatic updates could really get in the way.…Microsoft addressed this with scheduled restart times…in Windows 10, prior to the anniversary update,…but now we have a new features called Active Hours,…which I can access with this button right here,…where it says Change Active Hours.…Active Hours will allow you to set the times…when you typically use the computer.…

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8/5/2016

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8/2/2016

Windows 10 is one year old. To celebrate, Microsoft is offering all Windows 10 users access to the free Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Discover the most important new features and improvements in Microsoft's latest operating system in this short course with Nick Brazzi. Learn about the latest improvements to Cortana, Microsoft's personal digital assistant, as well as the interface changes that make Windows easier to use. Nick also surveys the Edge web browser extensions, as well as new tools for the Ink Workspace, the digital pen-driven experience for Windows, and the updated Maps app.